Garter.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1905.

WITNESSES.

. ATTOHNE rs.

DANIEL BRGADBELT, NEW YORK. N. Y.-

No. assess.

Spefiificantion of Letters Patent.

Patented new. 20, 1906.

/ Application, filed November 9, 1905. Serial No. 236,621.

crelly-resiliont portion which may be extended or contracted at will,and pr (led with in ion ""udinslly-rcsiliei1t elastic portion which maybe extended and of itself rel urns to its originel shape.

My invention further nbrec certain improvements whereby the garter maybe con nected with the hose or other garment and readily disconnectedtherefrom.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawin s tion,

"lllGll. Slllllliti chin-actors of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the ligurcfi.

Figure 1 is sporspective showingflm com-- plete device in use. Fig. 2 isen enlsrgod perspective view showing the garter end its accompanyingports removed. Fig. 5) is a vertical section through the fastening member used for-securing the hose to the garter. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsection upon the line 4- 4 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of thearroW and showing the clamp for holding the laterally-resilient membersof the garter and Fig. 5 is at central horizontzil section through aportion of the garter, showing the clamp 9 for holding the twolaterally-resilient members 6 7.

A. band formed of metal, whelebone, or sheet material oi almost any kindis composed of a plurality of sections 6 7, the sections being eds-p tedto slide relatively to each other. The section 6 carries a bracket 8,which serves as a hinge and supports a clamp 9. The latter is providedwith a stem 11, having a list portion 10, as will be under stood fromFig. 5. .The section 7 is provided with czirs'12, connected rigidlythereto and bent partially or or end within the section 6, as indicatedin Fig. 2. The cars 12 virtually constitute a slide for enabling thesections 7 and 6 to move relatively to each other. An elastic bend 13engages a button l4, mounted rigidly upon "the section)? rniing port ol"thlsspociiicw 'to cover thebuttmi 21.

This elastic band 13 is passed through the end of the section 6 at thepoint 15, as Will be understood from Fig. 2. A buckle 16 enables theelastic band 13 to be lengthened or shortened, {LS desired. The normalposition of the link 9 for clmnping the members 6 7 firmly together isindicated in Figs. 2 and 5. in order to enable the sections 6 7 to bemoved relatively to each other, the operator grasps the link 9 endswings it cir ularly outward, the position indicated in Fig. 4. Thisbrings the list face ll) of the portion 11 parallel with. the outersurface of the section 7, and the sections (5 7 may therefore be movedrelatively to each other, this movement being pcrnjiittcd by the slide12, as above explained. it follows, therefore, that thelutcrully--resiliont portion of tho garter may be given ony desiredaggregate length, the elastic bond 13 allowing for a reasonable degreeof expansion and eontrnctionof the garter as s1 whole. 'llhe section 7is provided with a slot 17, and threaded through the slot a. double cord18, which is provided with looped portions 18 18' The loop portion 18"engages it link 10, of metal. This link provided with. eyes 19 and withan end porlion 19, which serves as a pivot for a plate 20, dependingtherefrom. lvlounted upon this plate it button 21, which engaged by aswinging link 22, as ind' rated in Figs. 2 and p in order to connect tlno parts shown in Fig. 3 with the hose or similar article of clothing,the plate 20 is slipped upon the side of the article, the cloth oi thelatter being thus caused The link 19 is then bent outward, as indicatedby full lines in Fig. 3, and the link 22 is pressed around the button,or rather around the cloth covering the button, and the link 19 isthenstraiglitened out, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 Thiscauses the link 22 to exert a. comcratively firm pressure relatively tothe button 21, so as to grip the hose or similar ar- I ticle and holdthe same securely.

In order to remove the garter, the operator merely remov s the elasticband 13 from the button 14 and then bonds the link 19 anulsrly outward,as indicated in Fig. 3. his leaves all parts of the garter and its apQpendages entirely free.

It Will be noted that in the device above described not only may thegarter proper or annular member be made larger or smaller by ingly, themembers 6 7, unless properly ad-' justed, would constitute too large aproportion of the" garter. For instance, in some cases the button 14might be comparatively near the portion 15, and this would imp air theelasticity oi-the garter as a Whole. This dif ficulty is avoided by theadjustment of the laterally-resilient parts 6 7 of the garter. It

' will be seem-therefore, that the garter may be adjusted to variousdiameters and yet may preserve the relative proportions as between itsinflexible and flexible portions.

- By removing the cord 18 and the metallic arts depending therefrom thecircular member shown in the upper part of Fig. 2 may be used as anarmlet.

I do not limit myself, therefore,,to any particular use to which myinvention or any ,part thereof may be devoted.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A v 1. In a garter,the combination of a plurality of sections having their adjacent endsoverlapping and movable longitudinally of each other whereby to vary thea gregated length of the sections, one of sai sections having lateralears partially inclosing the other section, a clamp forfixing s'aidmembers with respect to each other, ,and an elastic band connecting thefree ends of the sections. l

2, In a garter, the combination of a band comprising a plurality ofsections having their adjacent ends overlapping, means forslidablyconnecting the sections, a clamp for fixing the sections withrespect to each other, and an elastic band connecting the free ends ofthe sections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

DANIEL BROADBELT.

Witnesses:

WALTON HARRISON, C. E. HOLSKE,

